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Can you add two irrational numbers and get a rational number?
Yes - if I had an irrational number x, and I added that to the number (7-x), I would end up with 7.If the number is irrational, it can be subtracted from a rational/integer to make another irrational.
Why is the product of a non - zero rational number and an irrational number is irrational?
Let q be a non-zero rational and x be an irrational number.Suppose q*x = p where p is rational. Then x = p/q. Then, since the set of rational numbers is closed under division (by non-zero numbers), p/q is rational. But that means that x is rational, which contradicts x being irrational. Therefore the supposition that q*x is rational must be false ie the product of a non-zero rational and an irrational cannot be rational.
When you divide two irrational numbers is it always irrational?
No. If x is irrational, then x/x = 1 is rational.
If X is irrational and Y is rational then X plus Y is irrational.?
Yes.
If x is a rational number and y is an irrational number what can you say about x plus y?
It is irrational.
Is -4x rational or irrational?
If x is rational the it is rational. If x is irrational then it is irrational.
Why the product of nonzero rational number and an irrational number is an irrational?
Suppose a is rational (and non-zero) and x is irrational. Suppose ax is rational;write ax = b where b is rational.Then x = b/a, and x would be rational, contradiction.
If x is irrational what would x be if x squared is irrational?
I don't knw all the possible numbers, but π is an example. π2 is irrational such as π.
Can you add two irrational numbers and get a rational number?
Yes - if I had an irrational number x, and I added that to the number (7-x), I would end up with 7.If the number is irrational, it can be subtracted from a rational/integer to make another irrational.
Why is the product of a non - zero rational number and an irrational number is irrational?
Let q be a non-zero rational and x be an irrational number.Suppose q*x = p where p is rational. Then x = p/q. Then, since the set of rational numbers is closed under division (by non-zero numbers), p/q is rational. But that means that x is rational, which contradicts x being irrational. Therefore the supposition that q*x is rational must be false ie the product of a non-zero rational and an irrational cannot be rational.
When you divide two irrational numbers is it always irrational?
No. If x is irrational, then x/x = 1 is rational.
How you prove that -if r is rational and x is irrational then prove that r x and rx are rational?
To prove that if (r) is rational and (x) is irrational, then both (rx) and (\frac{r}{x}) are rational, we can use the fact that the product or quotient of a rational and an irrational number is always irrational. Since (r) is rational and (x) is irrational, their product (rx) must be irrational. Similarly, the quotient (\frac{r}{x}) must also be irrational. Therefore, we cannot prove that both (rx) and (\frac{r}{x}) are rational based on the given information.
Show that the sum of rational no with an irrational no is always irrational?
Suppose x is a rational number and y is an irrational number.Let x + y = z, and assume that z is a rational number.The set of rational number is a group.This implies that since x is rational, -x is rational [invertibility].Then, since z and -x are rational, z - x must be rational [closure].But z - x = y which implies that y is rational.That contradicts the fact that y is an irrational number. The contradiction implies that the assumption [that z is rational] is incorrect.Thus, the sum of a rational number x and an irrational number y cannot be rational.
If X is irrational and Y is rational then X plus Y is irrational.?
Yes.
If you add a rational and irrational number what is the sum?
an irrational number PROOF : Let x be any rational number and y be any irrational number. let us assume that their sum is rational which is ( z ) x + y = z if x is a rational number then ( -x ) will also be a rational number. Therefore, x + y + (-x) = a rational number this implies that y is also rational BUT HERE IS THE CONTRADICTION as we assumed y an irrational number. Hence, our assumption is wrong. This states that x + y is not rational. HENCE PROVEDit will always be irrational.
Explain why the sum of a rational number and an irrational number is an irrational number?
Let R1 = rational number Let X = irrational number Assume R1 + X = (some rational number) We add -R1 to both sides, and we get: -R1 + x = (some irrational number) + (-R1), thus X = (SIR) + (-R1), which implies that X, an irrational number, is the sum of two rational numbers, which is a contradiction. Thus, the sum of a rational number and an irrational number is always irrational. (Proof by contradiction)
Is 75 squared rational or irrational?
75 times 75 = 5625 which is a rational number
